Bevan Weir

13.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Bevan Weir is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bevan Weir has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bevan Weir's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (26 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (12 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (12 papers). Bevan Weir is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (26 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (12 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (12 papers). Bevan Weir collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Bevan Weir's co-authors include Peter R. Johnston, Ulrike Damm, P. F. Cannon, Roger G. Shivas, Lia W. Liefting, G. R. G. Clover, Lei Cai, Kevin D. Hyde, Shaun R. Pennycook and Yu Pei Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Bevan Weir

49 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex

2012 1.2k citations Bevan Weir, Peter R. Johnston et al. Studies in Mycology profile →
Colletotrichum – current status and future directions

2012 793 citations P. F. Cannon, Ulrike Damm et al. Studies in Mycology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bevan Weir New Zealand	23	4.1k	3.4k	1.8k	289	267	49	4.5k
Roger G. Shivas Australia	29	3.8k 0.9×	3.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	165 0.6×	483 1.8×	239	4.4k
A. Drenth Australia	35	4.7k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	92 0.3×	275 1.0×	175	5.1k
L. Lombard Netherlands	29	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	928 0.5×	74 0.3×	273 1.0×	34	3.2k
Ronnie de Jonge Netherlands	29	4.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	181 0.6×	280 1.0×	55	5.3k
Robert W. Barreto Brazil	26	2.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	696 0.4×	552 1.9×	431 1.6×	219	2.7k
Rafael M. Jiménez-Dı́az Spain	40	4.0k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	538 0.3×	290 1.0×	263 1.0×	106	4.3k
Priscila Chaverrí United States	30	2.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	722 0.4×	364 1.3×	584 2.2×	88	3.1k
Peter R. Johnston New Zealand	32	5.6k 1.4×	5.5k 1.6×	2.6k 1.4×	252 0.9×	1.0k 3.7×	156	6.2k
Helgard I. Nirenberg Germany	34	5.0k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	172 0.6×	520 1.9×	69	5.7k
Brett A. Summerell Australia	39	4.2k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	150 0.5×	602 2.3×	145	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bevan Weir

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bevan Weir

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bevan Weir

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bevan Weir. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bevan Weir based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bevan Weir. Bevan Weir is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cadelis, Melissa M., et al.. (2023). Antimicrobial Natural Products from Plant Pathogenic Fungi. Molecules. 28(3). 1142–1142. 6 indexed citations

Broders, Kirk, et al.. (2022). Building More Resilient Culture Collections: A Call for Increased Deposits of Plant-Associated Bacteria. Microorganisms. 10(4). 741–741. 4 indexed citations

Winter, David J., Bevan Weir, Travis R. Glare, et al.. (2022). A single fungal strain was the unexpected cause of a mass aspergillosis outbreak in the world’s largest and only flightless parrot. iScience. 25(12). 105470–105470. 12 indexed citations

Cadelis, Melissa M., et al.. (2022). Terrien, a metabolite made by Aspergillus terreus , has activity against Cryptococcus neoformans. PeerJ. 10. e14239–e14239. 2 indexed citations

O’Hanlon, Richard, Ivan Milenković, Michal Tomšovský, et al.. (2021). Two new Nothophytophthora species from streams in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Nothophytophthora irlandica and N. lirii sp. nov.. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0250527–e0250527. 5 indexed citations

Cadelis, Melissa M., Yiwei Diao, Duckchul Park, et al.. (2021). Screening of Fungi for Antimycobacterial Activity Using a Medium-Throughput Bioluminescence-Based Assay. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 739995–739995. 6 indexed citations

Andrews, M., et al.. (2019). Caucasian clover ( Trifolium ambiguum ) specific rhizobia persist in low and high fertility soils in the South Island of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 63(3). 332–340. 3 indexed citations

Dillon, Marcus M., Shalabh Thakur, Renan N. D. Almeida, et al.. (2019). Recombination of ecologically and evolutionarily significant loci maintains genetic cohesion in the Pseudomonas syringae species complex. Genome biology. 20(1). 3–3. 84 indexed citations

Shirouzu, Takashi, et al.. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships of eight new Dacrymycetes collected from new Zealand. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 38(1). 156–169. 9 indexed citations

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Phillips, R., Gwen Grelet, Andrew M. S. McMillan, et al.. (2016). Fungal denitrification:Bipolaris sorokinianaexclusively denitrifies inorganic nitrogen in the presence and absence of oxygen. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 363(4). fnw007–fnw007. 9 indexed citations

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Weir, Bevan, et al.. (2015). Unravelling Colletotrichum species associated with Camellia: employing ApMat and GS loci to resolve species in the C. gloeosporioides complex. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 35(1). 63–86. 181 indexed citations

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Sharma, Gunjan, et al.. (2013). The ApMat marker can resolve Colletotrichum species: a case study with Mangifera indica. Fungal Diversity. 61(1). 117–138. 109 indexed citations

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Dhami, Manpreet K., Bevan Weir, Michael W. Taylor, & Jacqueline R. Beggs. (2013). Diverse Honeydew-Consuming Fungal Communities Associated with Scale Insects. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e70316–e70316. 30 indexed citations

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Chapman, Joanne R., Robert K. Taylor, Bevan Weir, et al.. (2012). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Global Populations ofPseudomonas syringaepv.actinidiae. Phytopathology. 102(11). 1034–1044. 138 indexed citations

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Cannon, P. F., Ulrike Damm, Peter R. Johnston, & Bevan Weir. (2012). Colletotrichum – current status and future directions. Studies in Mycology. 73(1). 181–213. 793 indexed citations breakdown →

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Damm, Ulrike, P. F. Cannon, J.H.C. Woudenberg, et al.. (2012). The Colletotrichum boninense species complex. Studies in Mycology. 73(1). 1–36. 318 indexed citations

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Damm, Ulrike, Riccardo Baroncelli, Lei Cai, et al.. (2010). Colletotrichum: species, ecology and interactions. IMA Fungus. 1(2). 161–165. 62 indexed citations

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Cai, Lei, Kevin D. Hyde, P. W. J. Taylor, et al.. (2009). A polyphasic approach for studying Colletotrichum. Fungal Diversity. 39. 183–206. 408 indexed citations

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Jones, Alex K., James D. Morton, Bevan Weir, et al.. (2009). 16S rRNA characterisation of bacterial isolates from Carmichaelia australis and C. corrugate, New Zealand native legumes and assessment of their ability to produce functional nodules on five Carmichaelia species. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 203–206. 1 indexed citations

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Liefting, Lia W., Bevan Weir, Shaun R. Pennycook, & G. R. G. Clover. (2009). 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', associated with plants in the family Solanaceae. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 59(9). 2274–2276. 144 indexed citations

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